Hame-tug attachment.



No.' 760,650. PATENTED MAY 24, 19o4.-

. P W SGHURE .HAME TUG ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED APB.30 1903Patented May 24, 1 904.

UNITED STATES; I PATENT IFIQE.

PAUL WILLIA SOHURE, OF NEWHAVEN, MISSOURL QHAME-TUVGVATTACHMHENT.

SPECIFICATION forming-part of Letters Patent N0. 760,650, dated May 24,1904.

'Application filed .i ril so, 1903;

T at whom, it ,may concern.

Missouri, have invented certain new and use-' ful Improvements inHame-Tug Attachments; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertainsto make and use thesame.

My invention has relation to harness, and

more particularly to an attachment for harnes with the hame which willpermit of a maximum degree of flexibility and at the same time enablethe tug and hame to be very quickly connected and disconnected, asdesired.

Other objects and advantages willbe here inafter made clearly apparent,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are made a partof this application, and in which Figure 1 shows a perspective-view ofmy invention complete. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central section of thetug and a contiguous part .numeralapplying toa similar part throughoutthe several views.

Referring to the numerals on the drawings,

lindicates a section of thehame of the usual or any preferredconstruction, also provided Serial No. 155.055. (No modeL) with thehame-staple 2, having upon its upper 'Be it known that 1, PAUL WILLIAMSGHURE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newhaven, in thecounty of Franklin and State of side the recessed portion 3 ofsuflicient width to passfreely through the slottedopening 4 formed inthe forwardend of the member 5,

it being understood that said slotted opening 4 preferably opens to therear and terminates forwardly in a vertically-disposed, preferablycylindrical, opening 6, extending transvers'ely entirely through-themember 5, said opening 6 being designed to afford a seat for the member7"'of the staple 2,'saidmember 7 being round in cross-section Itistherefore obvious that by properly entering the recessed portion 3 inthe slotted opening 4, which may be done by swingingth'e rear or slottedendof the member forwardly, the opening 6 .may be placed in positiontoreceive the member'7. After the member 7 is entirely seated in theopening 6 and the staple 2 has been swung, to the rear so that it andmember 5 are disposed so as to occupy substantially the same plane saidparts will be held against all possibility of separation until themember 5 is brought around at an angle to the staple-section which willpermit the recessed portion 3 to enter the slotted opening 4, as willbe'obvious.

The member 5 is adapted to be pivotally connected to the tug terminal 8,which latter usually consists of a suitable piece of iron prop- Theforward end of the anchoring shank or member 8 is shaped to fit betweenthe bifurcated end 9 of the member 5, where it is pivotally secured tomove in the planes of the member 5 and staple 2, as by passing a rivet10 through suitable registering apertures pro 'vided in the members 5and 8, as will be obvious.

In order to permit a free pivotal union between the members 5 and 8 andat the same time prevent undue movement of said parts,

I prefer in some instances to provide the exmovement of said parts. Byforming the parts in this manner the lug or extension and the recess caneach be formed by casting at the same time that member 5 and shank 8 areformed, and they are so located as to be concealed, thereby permittingof a neater and cheaper construction than where exposed lugs or extrapins are used, and the recess is shielded from the entrance of dirt orforeign substances which would prevent the free operation of the pivotedconnection, and by forming a close fit between the forward end of theshank 8 and the walls of the bifurcated end 9 and making the pivot-holesand pivot 10 at right angles to the axis of the opening 6 the pivotedmotion is limited to the plane of the shank and the tug and all lateralmovement between the shank and member is prevented. The lug 11 andrecess 12, however, may in some instances be wholly omitted, if desired,my purpose being to provide a cheap form of construction which will atthe same time prove reliably efficient in all requirements placed uponsuch a union of parts.

It will thus be seen that the parts of my improved tug and hameattachment may be very cheaply and expeditiously manufactured andreadily assembled each in its operative position, and while I havedescribed the preferred combination and construction of parts deemednecessary in carrying out my inven tion I wish to comprehend allsubstantial equivalents and substitutes that may be considered asfalling fairly within the scope and purview of my invention.

Believing that the advantages and manner of using my improved tug andhame attachment have thus been made clearly apparent further descriptionis deemed unnecessary.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a hame-tug attachment, a member, the rear end of which is bifurcatedand the forward end is provided with a transversely-located lateralopening, said opening terminating forwardly in a circularopening, theaxis of which circular opening is in the same plane with saidbifurcation, and the walls of the bifurcated portion are perforatedtransversely and the bottom is provided with a recess, a perforatedshank between said walls, the forward end of which is provided with anextension to lit in said recess, a pin through said perforations, and astaple for secu ring the member to the hame, one arm of said staplebeing recessed to pass through the lateral opening in said member, andthe central part being round to lit in the circular opening,substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PAUL WILLIAM SCHURE.

\Vitnesses:

EDW. HEBBELER, FRED. W. VVEuuMANN.

